Validation Engineer with French for Biometric Systems

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of defence and security, aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we're driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

In Romania, we are advancing innovation through software engineering, research and development, delivering solutions in key markets in which Thales Group operates. Our engineers design, develop and integrate solutions that impact global industries - from fully operational systems and subsystems for naval warfare and maritime security operations, to air traffic management systems, satellite-based solutions, tactical indoor simulations, identity and biometric technologies and more.

As IVVQ Engineer, you can take the role of IVVQM (Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification/Manager Engineer) for some projects, you will be responsible for the validation and integration of turnkey software systems based on Thales's software solutions in the fields of image processing, biometrics, automated fingerprint identification for a worldwide customer base which includes law enforcement, government and commercial customers.

The IVVQ is accountable of all IVVQ activities at Solution level:

• Validation of the full System
• Acceptance of the System

A week in the life of a IVVQM engineer:

• You will define & implement the IVVQ strategy at system level;
• You will lead the definition of project IVVQ scope of work, and provide detailed estimates and operational plans to deliver against this scope.
• You will ensure coverage of Solution Requirements;
• You will manage, assign and schedule the IVVQ activities to meet the solution milestone;
• You will be accountable/responsible for entire project documentation related to integration & validation;
• You will Lead and coordinate all governance reviews associated with the IVVQ phase of the project delivery lifecycle;
• You will ensure delivery of IVVQ work package to time, cost, and quality;
• Accountable of the Integration of all components of the solution;
• You will support customer meetings, and lead product/solution demonstrations with key stakeholders and customers
• You will coordinate and you are accountable of acceptance phase(s);
• Lead on definition, creation, commissioning, management and maintenance of the IVVQ Test Environments.
• Collaborate closely with the Technical Project Managers, WP Managers, and PMs.

As IVVQ:

• You will be accountable/responsible for project activities related to validation:

- write TC for solution/system/delivery/component

- execute TC

- provide TC execution report

- Log results using JIRA

• You will create and execute the test plan, perform functional and non-functional testing and present the test results; you can execute regression tests and initiate corrective action if needed;
• You will ensure delivery of your IVVQ scope to time, cost, and quality;
• You will create User Guides, Installation Manuals, Administration Guides, Solution Integration Guides, Customer Training materials;
• Conduct Customer Trainings;
• You are responsible of acceptance phase(s), Perform Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing with customer (ATP);
• You will anticipate, identify, consolidate and monitor the technical risks and related action plans for your work packages;
• You will maintain the IVVQ Test Environments for the projects you were assigned;
• Collaborate closely with the IVVQM.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline or equivalent work experience;
• Interest to continuously learn and become an expert in the area of Automated Biometric Identification
• 5+ years of IVVQ/IVVQM/Integrator & Validator related experience in integration and validation, good knowledge of validation methodologies, processes and tools.

Requirements:

• Experience of performing and leading the Verification, Validation and Qualification of complex Systems;
• Fluent in French, in verbal and written communication;
• Strong customer-facing experience;
• Ability to manage complex IVVQ activities;
• Ability to define clear and robust test strategy;
• Understand business use cases and needs;
• Able to coordinate activities in k8s environment;
• Good technical background, ability to work with combinations of technologies, to integrate and verify them in a logical and structured way into a system in order to fully satisfy a Customer's requirement;
• Microsoft Windows OS relevant experience (installation, configuration);
• PowerShell for windows administration;
• Linux system administration experience;
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL and Database servers (Oracle is an advantage);
• Basic networking knowledge;
• Optional - ELK configuration - intermediate level;
• Optional - hands-on experience in k8s environments (deployment, configuration, troubleshooting);
• Experience using different types of testing (Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity);
• Experience in functional and non-functional testing;
• Experience using Postman / Newman / Soap UI- intermediate level;
• Optional - Experience using JMeter- intermediate level;
• Experience with bug tracking and reporting systems;
• Technical writing skills for guides/manuals - advanced level;
• Customer training experience - advanced level;
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and provide solutions;
• Problem solving and analytical skills, capable of openly present her/his own ideas;
• Independent and highly self-motivated with a strong customer focus;
• Up to date with latest technologies being used in validation to apply them on the job and able to communicate about upcoming releases and best practices to internal groups;
• Availability for frequent travel abroad mostly within the EMEA region (up to 30%).

Nice to have capabilities:

• Experience in automation testing;
• Experience using Java/Selenium;
• Experience using Python / Robot Framework;
• Experience using .NET / Ranorex;
• Experience using Jenkins;
• Intermediate/advanced networking knowledge;
• UNIX and Windows scripting experience - .bat, shell (.sh);
• Network infrastructure administration (firewalls, routers, switches);
• Knowledge on fingerprint, facial or iris biometrics;
• Experience with the OpenSearch / Kibana stack
• Experience with Keycloak and OpenID
• Experience with distributed storage like MiniIO.

At Thales, we're committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you'll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference - for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.